Device for dividing powder and for filling wrappers with the same.



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citizeirof the United States of America, re-

siding at Detroit, in the. county of lWayne 1 and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Dividing Powder and for Filling Wrappers with the Same, of which thefollowing isja speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is the object 'of the invention to obtain a device by .which a quantity of' powdered material may be quickly and accurately divided into any desired nuinber of equal parts.

To this end, the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter set forth.-

In the drawings-#Figurel is a perspective view ofthe powder-holding trough; Fig. 2 is" a cross section; Fig-3 is a view similar tov Fig. 2., showing the partition ineinber in are respectiveh a. plan, cross section Vand side elevation of the partition nieniber; Fig.

Fig. S isa cross section illustrating the inaniier of dividing the powders; lig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 3, illust-rating a inodiiied conto be divided. The

is facilitated by providing'markings on the struct-ion; F 1() is an elevation of the gate;

Figs'. 1I and 12 are respectively a cross sec- Vtion andsi'de elevation ol the partition ineinber illustrated in 9; 13 is a side elcvation of the powder-leveling.device; Fig; 14 is an end elevation thereof, and Fig. 15 is a front elevation of the device as in the act of discharging. Y

A is a trough, of any suitable construction,

adapted for receiving the powder to be divided. To vary the capacity'of-this trough,

it is preferablyprovidedwith a longitudi-' nally adjustable gate B, which may be setin ol' powders into which the entire quantity is setting of tlii's partition trough, preferab y formed' in a flange C thereof. Y

D is a partition ineinber comprising a series ofparallcl plates, or partitions, E, shaped ,l

to tit within the cross section of the trough. The plates E are preferably -secured in fixed relation to each other by attachment to a longitudinally-extending strip I", and, as

shown. in Fig. 3, the latter is provided with.

a portion G,iwhicli laps over. theouter edge of the side wall of the trough. The outer portion. of theineinber D is fashioned to forni Specification of Letters Patent.

applicati@ inea March 26, 1901. serai no. 364,721.

I i i t discharge chutes H between each pair of partitions, these chutes being preferably concaved and tapered to a point, as .shown In the use of the apparatus, the operator first determines the number of powdersainto Patented Sept, 22, 1.908. 'A

which the material is to be divided, and iidjusts the gateB correspondingly.

The powdered n'iat'eiia-l is then placed in the. trough and spread out therein, to be of uniform de th charging the owders separated by t e firtitions over t ieir respective chutes H into the papers arranged' to receive them. To

facilitate the placing of thematerial in the Figs. 4, 5 and papers, I preferably einploy a paper holder,

such as I, consisting of a member havinga is a perspective view oi the papeilioltleij.

oi' the partitions E.

' series of vertically-eiitending plates, or parto the space titions, spaced correspondingly The powder-receiving papers are folded and placed between the partitions of the member I, as illustrated in sof"Y Figs. T and S, Thus, when the trough is in-Vv verted, the discharge chute S will'iegister with the spaces between the different papers,

charged' into their respective papers. To further facilitate a transfer of the divided powders in the'wra ipers, I preferably construct. the rack or holder I with a pair of standards J vat oiposite ends' thereof, and provide the trougi A with Va. pair of truniiioiis K, which may be engaged with notches L in said standards. When thus'engaged,

j the trough may be rot-ated upon the trun- "di'tierent positions, according to the number illustrated in Figs. 413 and 14, whichcoIn-j This distribution may- 'and the "dividedpowders inagbeeasily dis- 'Y piises ai shank cariying at its lower end aY scraper O, this being preferably formed of a,

pair of notched plates conforming to the feneral shape ol' the bottoni of tlie'trough. he shank N also adjustably engages a. crosshead P, adapted to slidably engage the upper edges of the trough. In use, t- 1e operator 'mayadj'ustthe shank N, and by then moving the cross-head1 back and forth the powder will be distributed by. theY blades O until a uniform level is obtainedL..

The end gate B may be ot any suitable construction, but, as illustrated, consists of a. block B', surrounded by a facing B2- of rubber or other elastic m' terial, havingl sufi: -lent resiliencjv to hold the gate in any position of adiustment. y

n place of providing the flange G overlapping the outer edge of the trough, I may emplo)v the construction illustrated in Figs. 9, 11v and 12, in which the strip B' tits within the trough in close proximity io the. inner wall thereof..

What I claim as my invention is,-

1. Ina powder divider, the combination with a trough, and a series of spaced partitions for dividing the material within said trough, of an adjustable end gate for said' trough comprising a block and a resilient facing for contacting with the sides of the trough, for the purpose described.

2. A powder divider, comprising a trough, a series of partitions for dividing said trough in to separate compartments, and means for holdingthe wrappers for the divided powders in folded position .with their edges spaced correspondingly to the spacing between said partitions.

3. A powder divider, comprising a trough, a series of partitions for dividing said trough' into separate compartments, and a powderwrapper vholder consisting of a member hav-- ing a series of parallel partitions between which the folded wrapper ma)` be placed, the spaeingof said partitions corresponding with the spacing of the partitions in `the trough.

4. A powder divider, comprising a trough, a series of partitions for dividing said trough into separate 4compartments, discharging chutes between adjacent mirs of partitions, and a powder-wrapper holder consisting of a base and a series of vertical-Intrallel'partitions between which the folded wrappers may be placed, said partitions being spaced correspondinglxv to the partitions in the trough.

5. A powder divider comprising a trough, a series of spaced partitions for dividing the material in -said trough, forming a series of discharge chutes adapted to concentrate the material in the center of the wrapper.

6. A powder divider comprising a holder for the powdered material,l a leveling device `comprising a notched'. blade conforming to the general cont-our of the bottom of the trough, andl a slide with which said blade is ad j u stably engaged.

7.l A powder divider comprising a holder for the o wdered material and anotched leveling ilade.

S. The combination with means for dividing a powder bulk into spaced portions, of means forholding a series of folded sheets as wrappers'for lthe powder in correspondinglvspaced relation. 1 '9. The combination with means for dividing'a powder bulk into spaced portions, of a rack for holding a series'of folded sheets as wrappers for the powder in eorrespont'lingly spaced relation and with the adjacent sides of .said wrappers in proximityv to the edges thereof in contact.

1t). The combimition with means for-dividing a powder bulk into spaced portions, of ai wrapper-holding rack having aseries of parallel partitions between which folded sheets as wrappers for ,the powder ma)v he placed, for the purpose described.

11. The combination with a receptacle for a powder bulk and means for dividing the powder therein into spaced port-ions, of a rack having a series` of parallel and corre-.

spondiI-Iglv spaced partitions between whielr---\..-`

. bearings on said rack with which said trunnioiis may be removably engaged for rot-ativclv holding said receptacle with the spac-Y- ing thertwfandthe rack in registration.

12. A. powder divider comprising a trough and :i series of spaced partitions for dividing the material in said trough, the upper edges of one side of said partitions' being connected so as to form a seriesv of discharge chutes.

' 13. A powder divId-er comprising a trough and a series of spaced partitions for dividing the material in said trough constituting extensions for one side oi' said trough whereby a series of discharge chutes is formed.

l-i. A powder divider comprising a trough, a series of spaced partitions for dividing the material in said trough and a ila-nge between adjacent partitions adapted to lit over theside of the trough and engage one edge thereof.

ln testimony whereof I alx in v signature in presence of -two witnesses.

LUl'IS li. EASTMAN.

vWi tnesses y A.MEIJA WILLIAMS,

i NELLIE KINSELLA.

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